Court date ahead in Minden motorcycle collision

Published 4:44 pm, Thursday, August 14, 2014

MINDEN — A Montgomery County man accused of driving his motorcycle into a car and injuring his passenger will be arraigned later this month, authorities said Thursday.

Dale J. Porter, 43, of Fort Plain, was arrested Saturday morning after the collision on River Road that injured a woman riding with him, State Police said. Troopers charged Porter with misdemeanor operating a motor vehicle while impaired. Porter was speeding when he failed to stop for a Honda Accord. His passenger was hospitalized with relatively minor injuries, troopers said.